Success for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services (May 2010)* 01/05/2010

Appendix 2: Sample of early childhood services

ERO evaluated the provision for Māori children in all services that had a regular scheduled education review in Term 4, 2008 and Terms 1 and 2, 2009. The types and locality of services are shown in Tables 1 and 2 below.

Table 2: Service Types

Service type	Number in study	Percentage of sample	National percentage¹⁹
Casual education and care	6	1	1
Kindergartens	125	22	18
Playcentres	66	11	14
Education and care	334	58	60
Home-based Networks	45	8	7
Total	576	100	100

Table 1 shows that the sample has slightly more kindergartens than the national percentage, and slightly fewer Playcentres and education and care services. The difference between sample and national figures is not statistically significant.²⁰

Table 3: Locality of services

Locality	Number in study	Percentage of sample	National percentage
Urban	522	91	91
Rural	44	8	9
Unknown/not specified	10	1	0
Total	576	100	100

Table 2 shows that there are slightly fewer rural services than the national percentage. The difference between sample and national figures is not statistically significant. ²¹

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The national percentage of each service type is based on the total population of early childhood services as at 1 July 2009. For this study it excludes The Correspondence School and Kōhanga Reo.

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The difference between observed and expected values was tested using a Chi square test.

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The difference between observed and expected values was tested using a Chi square test.

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